#BCB04B#BCB04B

#BCB04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB04B
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -8.35, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 52.68, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0267 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5357, 42.2514, 12.8334)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB04B #4B57BC

analogous

#BC784B #BCB04B #90BC4B

triadic

#BCB04B #4BBCB0 #B04BBC

tetradic

#BCB04B #4BBC78 #4B57BC #BC4B90

square

#BCB04B #4BBC78 #4B57BC #BC4B90

split-complementary

#BCB04B #4B90BC #784BBC

monochromatic

#666026 #938937 #BCB04B #CDC478 #DDD7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCB04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCB04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB04B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB04B	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c781',
    500: '#bcb04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb04b;
$custom-light: #d3c781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.628,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74751,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB04B

secondary

#999ECA

accent

#60D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB04B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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